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Actor Jonah Hill, born Jonah Hill Feldstein, started out in the Judd Apatow flicks "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up." It was Hill's performance as a nerdy high schooler in 2007's "Superbad" that proved to be his breakout role.

Hill also voiced a character in the animated feature "Horton Hears a Who!"

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